Metallic and organic contaminants in sediments of Sydney Harbour, Australia and vicinity-- a chemical dataset for evaluating sediment quality guidelines.

Abstract:

:An internally consistent dataset comprising 103 surficial estuarine sediment samples were collected from Sydney Harbour, Australia and locations south of Sydney. This paper describes the chemical characteristics of the dataset and evaluates its suitability for use in evaluating biological effects-based sediment quality guidelines (SQGs). The sediments contained mixtures of chemicals, the most prevalent chemical classes being metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, whereas sediments from coastal lakes/estuaries south of Sydney had low concentrations of contaminants. Maximum concentrations of the prevalent contaminants zinc, lead, copper and pyrene were 11,300, 1,420, 1,060 mg kg(-1) and 23,300 microg kg(-1), respectively. For the majority of samples, concentrations of individual chemicals exceeded most effects-based SQGs that have been adopted for use in Australia, implying occasional or frequent adverse biological effects are expected. Comparing mixtures of contaminants to ranges in numbers of SQGs exceeded and mean SQG quotients showed that most samples (57% to 68%) had contamination characteristics associated with moderate probabilities (30% to 52%) of acute toxicity, based on North American data. A smaller proportion of samples (15% to 17%) had contamination characteristics associated with high probabilities (74% to 85%) of toxicity. The wide range of chemicals and concentrations, associated with low, medium and high probabilities of toxicity, indicated that the dataset was suitable for future use in evaluating predictive abilities of SQGs. This is relevant, given the recent introduction of North American-derived SQGs for Australia.

journal_name

Environ Int

authors

McCready S,Birch GF,Long ER

doi

10.1016/j.envint.2005.10.006

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-05-01 00:00:00

pages

455-65

issue

4

eissn

0160-4120

issn

1873-6750

pii

S0160-4120(05)00212-6

journal_volume

32

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